Researchers at Penn State and the U.S. Department of Agriculture teamed up to identify 10 regions in the genome of Marek’s disease, a deadly illness that mainly infects chickens, that likely played a role in the increase of the virus's severity.
Happy Halloween from the Eberly College of Science! 👻
Over 900 attendees visited Haunted-U this year, an annual family-friendly event where attendees participate in Halloween-themed science experiments.
Please join us in celebrating Randy Kochik, engineering support specialist, for being recognized with a "We Are!"
Randy's nominator wrote: “Randy identified an opportunity to improve the safety of the NMR facility and developed a 3D-printed NMR tube holder for the facility."
Zachary Budimir, postdoctoral researcher in chemistry, is one of three recipients to be awarded a Interdisciplinary Innovation Fellowship from the One Health Microbiome Center of the @HuckInstitutes!
Read more at https://t.co/G4kxsCUS1L
#PennStateChemistry
Congrats to the four members of our college who received 2026 Artificial Intelligence Awards from the Penn State AI Hub!
• Sabrina Adler, who earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science and mathematics and a master’s degree in computer science and engineering in 2026,
• Wenxin Long, who earned a master’s degree in statistics in 2026,
• Xin Yu, who earned a master’s degree in statistics in 2025 and is a current doctoral student in statistics,
• and Zhong Zheng, who earned a doctorate in statistics in 2025.
@huckinstitutes Wenrui Hao, professor of mathematics, Jesse Lasky, professor of biology, Charles Anderson, professor of biology, Qunhua Li, professor of statistics, Manyu Du, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, and Justin Silverman, associate professor of statistics.
Pets of Eberly, featuring Wally 🐕
Wally is Gail McCormick's Chihuahua mix who is always chasing other animals, and nibbling toys. Gail is a science writer for the college's Office of Communications and loves learning about the different research happening across Eberly.
In a new study, him and his research team, which includes Surendra Padamata, a graduate student in physics, showed that two different types of material memory can coexist in a simple mixture of small particles suspended in a viscous liquid.
Read more at https://t.co/NkMovTJGpq
Shout out to Viviana Anahí Cáceres Barbosa, doctoral student in physics and Jennifer Mott, doctoral student in biology, for being among 32 selected students to receive scholarships of up to $10,000 from the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Endowment.
He is one of three Penn State faculty to be named Huck chairs by the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences in recognition of their research endeavors and track records of service to key Huck units.
https://t.co/1PJkehseAS
Celebrating community and connection in the college. 💙🤍
Eberly partnered with other colleges at the University to present “Pride in Every Field: A STEM Mixer" and hosted a first-gen mixer to celebrate the college's first generation students.
@NASA With mission control being based on Penn State's University Park campus, researchers at the University and the college were involved in some of the major discoveries to come from Swift.
Read about some of them at https://t.co/3jPAhjf6V6
For 22 years, @NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has made impactful scientific discoveries, despite its original mission timeframe being two years. 🛰️